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Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor
A Bolivian former army chief accused of leading a failed coup attempt has been given six months “preventive detention”, a top prosecutor said on Friday, as the president again denied the attack was a “self-coup” designed to boost his flagging popularity. …